Center mounting

[fcspiteri]

when people mention center mounting, do they mean exact center of the ski or the center of the recommended. like 3 back from center...is that three back from exact cetner or 3 back from recommended?

 

[Swick825]

no center is the exact center of the ski. youre overthinking it.

 

[skier_bum]

theres two kinds of center

recommended center (where the center line is on the ski)

and true center which is halfway between the tips and tail

 

[dweezileast]

recommended=core center

 

[Dan-Man]

exact center biznach

 

[DeSena]

exact center but i wouldnt center mount unless your pure park... if you do alot of park but not all i would do 2 cm park... if not alot park 4 cm back

 

[CoachG]

exact center

 

[WONTON]

that advice does not apply to every ski.

 

[TWoods]

Even on park only skis, I mount a cm back. look on the armada site... all of their riders do it too.

 

[Lineskeez]

oh ya if all the guys on the armada site do it i better do it too

 

[llyon]

You cant have a rule for all skis. Skis have different sidecuts, shapes, and lengths... all of those have to factor into where you mount it.

 

[skisquaw@420]

thats what i was thinking

 

[RyzeAbve]

Dont Center mount its terrible!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[michael_bc]

u mount 1 cm or more to the back because otherwise it looks awkward... at least on armadas...

 

[deleted4]

1 or 2 back is the way to go

 

[Casey]

my ar5's are true center i wouldnt have it any other way.

 

[Aenigma]

That's way too general to be of any use. I'm having a pair of skis mounted at about -8 from center right now, but if I went by your guideline they would be useless. I'm sure you could come up with a formula to calculate where you should mount your skis, but personal preference would make it useless.

 

[dweezileast]

my bad. thanks for pointing that out.

 

[TWoods]

Wow, good job at being an idiot. I wasn't saying to follow a trend because the cool people in skiing do it. I was saying that people who are MUCH better skiers than you or I will probably ever be do it, so there is PROBABLY a reason why.

I don't know, but if TJ Shiller gave me a trick tip, I would probably think to myself "Wow, since he makes a living skiing, he probably is right" rather than thinking "If I do it his way, I am following the trend, which makes me suck".